Beijing claims most of the South China Sea as its territory ... earning it the nickname the Monster. The map, based on ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic and Global Fishing Watch, shows ...

A major redrawing of the map of the South China Sea began when Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. In the subsequent three years China built seven new bases in the Spratly Islands, three of them ...

made port calls in three countries bordering the contested region of the South China Sea last week, as shown in a new ...

But that commitment has not deterred China from stepping up its provocations in the South ... sea tactics pose a pressing challenge for the U.S. Chinese expansionism, after changing the ...

Tensions continue in the South China Sea, most recently between China and the Philippines. China has been extending its reach in the South China Sea by building artificial islands atop reefs.

BAGUIO, Philippines — American forces are ready with a “range of options” to deal with increasing acts of aggression in the disputed South China Sea if ordered to carry them out jointly and ...

China has long claimed territorial sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea based on the Nine-Dash Line map it produced in 1952, and has defended its claims to the area mainly through the ...

In April, President Biden reiterated the “importance of the rule of law and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea” on a call ... Michael Bricknell created the map for this Expert ...

US State Department Map of South China Sea claims When announcing the weather each morning during the transit, Montréal’s meteorology tech noted a chance of showers, part of the predictably ...

The Philippines has been waging its most vigorous campaign yet to push back against China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. After Ferdinand ... Philippines. Map by Laris Karklis.